Doll&#39;s-eye construction



March 25', 193G, s. MARCUS DOLLS EYE CONSTRUCTION I Fi-ld March' 6, 192e Patented Mar. 25, 1930 SAMUEL ,siren vs'rA'rls'is PATENT OF MARCUS, or BROOKLYN, NRW YORK, AssIdGNOR To MARKON MANUFACTUR- ING co., INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AOORPORATION Yor NEW 'YORK ical DOLLS-'EYE CONSTRUCTION i `;App1icat on led March 6, 1926. Serial No. 92,729.

This invention relates to eyes for dolls, displayflgures and the like,preferably ofy the class in which lthe eyes are adapted to move or roll. yOne of the obj ects of the invention is to provide extremely simple yet convenient means for so'mounting a pair of artificial eyes on their connectingl bridge as to avoid the necessity of using set screws or other such parts which cause trouble in assembling the parts and are liable to become detached through use. yStill other objects are to gener-y ally improve the lconstructionf'of the eyesets, and to provide a decidedJadva-nce in the art to which' the invention relates.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of theinvention, in which y 4 Fig. 1 is a vertical central section on the line 1 1 Fig. 2, of the face' portionof a doll, showing the improvements applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the improved dolls eye set showing it mounted in place in a head, which is shownin section;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on i the line 3 3 Fig. 2,:showing how each' eye is mounted in position in the set;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 Fig. 2, showing the preferred means for anchoring the dolls eye set in position in the head;

Fig. 5`is a perspective view of the arms'V which carry the weight which is adapted` to roll the eyes; and

VFig 6 is a sectional detail similarl to Fig. 4 but illustrating another construction of mounting. e,

y Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the face portion 1() of the head of a doll or the like may be composed of any suitable material, having eye sockets at which the right eye 11 and the left eye 12 slightly protrude, more or less inimitation of natural eyes. Each eye 11, 12 is preferably provided with a hemispherical metallic foundation shell 13,

an outer thin transparent shell 14a. and an in-l termediate thin opaque shell 1 5on which the iris is printed. The thinshells are preferably composed of Celluloid. The shells 14 and 15 arel preferably drawnl over'the foundation shell 13 and the eye structure assembled and made in the usual or any other suitable manner. Each eye 11, 12 isv provided with a suitable eyelash 16which!protrudes 1 from a slit cut in thethin shells14, 15.

The eyes 11, 12 are mounted on and connected together by means'of a wire supporting or bridge rod 17, so as to provide a pair of united eyes. In order to mount each veye onthe bridge rod 17 so that the eyes may roll and be brought to open keye position or sleeping eye position, each eye 11, 12 is provided with a metallic back member 18 which may be formed integrally with the metallic founda` tion shell`13, said back memberV being provided at opposite sides, but extending within the eye structure, with perforated 'integral lugs 19, the perforations of which are in alinement. In an improved manner, to be later described, the eyes 11, 12 are rigidly held on the bridge rod 17 so that they may oscillate with said rod. For the passage of the rod 17 into the eye shell structures 11, 12, the adjacent walls of the same are provided with enlarged recesses 20, 21, respectively. By reason of the enlargement of the said recesses, there is permitted any desired angular adjustment of the eyes, withtheir lashes,'in the eye sockets, which is accomplished by forcing the parts throughv more or less twisting the meta-l lugs 19 upon the bridge-rod 17. The back members 18 of the respective eyes 11, 12 are provided'with slot-s 22, 23, each slot extending in a plane substantially at right angles to the bridge rod.

The eyes are preferably provided with an actuating weight 25 in the usual manner, except that it is preferred to construct the weight in two solid sections 24, 26, these sec-V vPreferably the weight section 25 is provided with a cushion-bulfer 28 inserted in a suitable socket in said section. This buer may be of cork or any other suitable material for the purpose of eliminating noise when strikles head.` Y Y A piece of readily bendable wire is bent into suitable shape as illustrated, for example, in

the perspective view Fig. 5, to provide arms 29 and 30, which are joined by a loop 31. This loopis inserted between the kweight sections 25, 26', and the pin 27 passes through the loop whereby to secure the weight to the arms 29, The arms v29, 30are furthermore bentso as to provide open humps orrebent U shaped straddle members 32, 33 near the ends of the arms, one open hump being opposite the otherone; that is to say, the gaps or openings in the humps are substantially inV alinement.

Thegassembly oiorganization of the artificial eyes with the arms 29, .30 is accon'iplished by first passing thehumps 32, 33 .of the arms 29, 30 into the slots 22, 23,V as shown clearly in Fig. 3, each hump being disposed between` the perforated lugs 19 of theeye shell structures.` This disposes the bottoms of the gaps or openings withintlie humps 32, 33 in line with the perforations in the lugs 19. The

Vbridge rod17 is thenpassed' through the said perforations andthe gaps in the' humps 32, 33 so that the parts are assembled and may be adjusted to the position substantially as shown in Fig. v2. Thereby the eyes are securely held together and they are firmly attached to the arms 29, 30 from which the weight 24 is suspended. VBeyond they humpsy or straddle members 33, the extensions 33L of the armsconstitute stops to. limit the rotation of the eyes to closed position.

As the loop-like humps 32, 33 are a trifle short in their extent away from the wiie arms, the said humps have `to be sprung slightly in ward through the slots 22, 23 in order to let,

the bridge rod 17 pass through them. Consequently the rod 17 will actv as a wedge or tie element and draw the humps into the slots 22,

23 and a binding relation thus be established between4 the humped portions ofthe arms and.

the bridge rod, whereby the eyes are firmly held upon the. huinped portions or straddle members of the arms, inasmuch as the back members 18 are caused tohave a firm abutment against the wire arms. In the assembled device the U-shaped straddle members or,

humps 3 2 and 33, with the adjacent portions of the wire arms, constitute clamp members exerting a continuous resilient clamping pressure between the eyes and the bridge rod for maintainingthe parts frictionally adjustably assembled. It results, therefore, that the eyes will always move in consonance with the oscillating movement of the weight 24, so that the proper` rolling moti-on of the eyes will be obtained, and the eyes may be held in registration with the eye sockets: in the face portion 10. u Y

Some of the advantages of the present improvements not specifically mentioned are thatthe wires 29 and 30 are bendable to enable the assembl thereof and the eyes onto the bridge-rod 1 and to enable the adjustj ment of the eyes toward and away from eachA other, and that by bending the said wires forwardly or backwardly, the weight may be adjusted as desired with respect to the eyes. .f

Furthermore, by pressing each Vwirev 29 and'v 30 forwardly and the corresponding eye-shell of the loopelike hump of thewire against the bridge-rod 17 will be Vsufficiently loosenedto permit the eye-shell to be readily moved in either direction along the bridge-rod, and when thisV pressure of the wire and the eyeshell in`v opposite directions is released, the

hump .of the wire will be forced into 'frice tional gripping engagement with the bridgerod and thereby prevent any unintentional,

n'iovement of the eye-shell along the rod.

To support the eye set reliably in the doll-s head, the attaching. means disclosed and Abackwardly, the grippingA or binding action Y Y claimed in co-pending application Serial No.

92,728V and now to be briefly described, may be resorted to, for example. An anchor member 34 is providedfcomposed of suitable material, and it is provided,- with a support.- ing loop or post 35, which is providedwith outwardly yand rearwardly bent ends 36, all

as more clearly shown in Figs, 1, 2 and 4.'

The loop or post 35 extends through an opening in` the anchor member 34 and the bent ends thereof are extended outwardly along the forward face ofmember 34 and then rearwardly through the material-of saidmember,l -Y

to securely connect said parts together. The

anchor member 34- is securedto the foreheadv a hanger bracket 40 formed from a plate gf sheet metal havingjparallel sideflanges 41,

and the edges 42 of the flanges may be sern rated. The hanger bracket 40 is furthermore provided with flanges or ears 43. formed with.,

slots 44. Spring legs 45 are provided,` formed from a single piece ofl spring wire bent into bifurcatedform. The connectingfportion be,-V

tween the spring legs is inserted into a slit 46fcut in the metalhanger bracket 40, and the latter is clenched upon the said connect,.- ingportion so as to firmly secure the spring legs in such `rpositionthatthey'will extendv downwardly'between theL flanges or ears 43.`

The free ends ofthesespring legs. 45 bearv in a forward directionv upon the, bridge rod.`

17 on 'which the eye'srll', 12 are mounted,VV

thereby forcing the eyes forwardly to their bearing relation with the surfaces of the eye sockets.

The hanger bracket 40 is provided with an aperture 40a and the supporting loop or post 35 passes through the same and extends rearwardly. A wedge 46a isnow driven into the rearwardly projecting portion of the supporting loop 35 and against the adjacent surface of the hanger bracket. The wedge 46a holds the dolls eye set and the hanger bracket firmly bound together,.and the serrations 42 are caused to penetrate more or less the anchor member 34.

In the attaching means shown in Fig. 6, a screw-threaded headed pin 49 is passed through the anchor member 48 so that its head will bear upon the front surface of the anchor member 48, the screw-threaded portion of the pin protruding through the hanger bracket 47. Onto the screw-threaded end of the pin 49 there is then engaged a nut 50, which, when it is screwed home, will firmly secure the parts together. In both of the illustrated forms of the invention, however, the dolls eye set may be detached from the head of the doll or the like whenever it is desired to adjust or reconstruct portions thereof.

It is obvious that. the invention is susceptible of modification, as parts may be omitted, added, and substituted, and still be within the spirit of the' invention without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new, is:

l. In a dolls eye construction, the combination of an eye provided with a slotted back member, a supporting rod adjacent the back member at a point opposite the slot, and securing means in frictional engagement with the backmember looped into the slot and engaged about said rod to clamp the rod fric' tionally to said back member.

2. In a dolls eye construction, the combination of a pair of eyes, each provided with a slotted back member, a bridge-rod inserted through both back members at points forwardly of the slots, a weighted pair of arms having projections extending forwardly therefrom through said slots, said projections having rearwardly facing surfaces engaging the forward surface of the rod, and said arms also havingparts engaging the back members to hold the eyes connected therewith and with the cross rod.

3. In a dolls eye construction, the combination of a pair of eyes, each provided with a slotted back member, a bridge-rod inserted through both back members at points forwardly of the slots, a weighted pair of arms, formed from a length of wire, open humps formed by bends in the wire inserted in said slots in engagement with saidy back members, and said rod passing through the openings of the humps and bound withv the arms.

4; In a dolls keye construction, the combination of an eye provided-with a slotted back member, a supporting rod arranged adjacent the back member, a gravity control for the eye, and a part iixedto saidv gravity control extending through' the slot in frictional con` tact with parts of the back member and being connected with said rod to thereby hold the gravity control, the eye, and the rod assembled. v

5. In a dolls eye construction, the combinationof an eye provided with a slotted back member, a supporting rod adjacent said back member at a point opposite the slot, ysecuring means comprising a member overlying the back member and provided with an open hump inserted Athrough the slot, said rod being engaged throughr the opening in. the hump beyond the slot, the back member havy ing parts to engage both the securing means and the supporting rod, to thereby connect all` of said parts together, and a weight carried by said bumped member.

n 5. In a dolls eye construction, the combination of a pair of eyes each provided with a slotted backmember, av bridge rod extending adjacent both back members at points forwardly of the slots thereof, a weighted pairv of arms formed adjacent their upper ends to engage the rear surface of the back members and extend forwardly through the slots of the back members into connection with said through the slot of said backmember into frictional engagement with a surface of the supporting rod which faces away from the back member, said clamp element being of a springy character urging the rod against the back member to thereby adjustably connect the eye with the rod.

8. An eye set comprising a pairvof eyes each having openings therethrough, a supporting rod for said eyes having its opposite end portions extending through the openings of the eyes respectively, each eye having a further opening' at the rear thereof beyond the supporting rod, and a gravity Vcontrol member for said eyes comprising a weight having a pair of arms projecting upwardly therefrom to fthe eyes respectively. said arms being formed of wire and each thereof being bent upon itself to provide a loop therein engaging` the walls of the last mentioned openings of the eyes and projecting through, said openings and the supporting rod also extending through`-Y said loops in frictional engagement therewith to thereby hold the parts assembled.

9. In an eye set, an eye shell having oppositely disposed openings therein, a supporting rod for said shell extending through said openings, a gravity control for the eye engaging the cross rod intermediate said openings, said gravity controlbeing of resilient material, said eye shell having a resilient part engaging the gravity control whereby to tightly rictionally retain said parts against relative movement, and the resiliency et the gravity control providing for manual iieXing thereof to release said parts for adjustment upon occasion.

10. in a dolls eye construction, the combination of an eye, means for directly supporting the eye comprising members provided With friction means i'or tight-ly binding them together, one of said members being a meinber oit' the eye and having openingstherethrough` a second oit said members being inserted through an opening or" the eye member in tight trictionai engagement with the walls of sai-d opening said second member being formed to provide a seat therein, and another of said members engaging within the seat of the second member and being inserted through an opening of the eye .member in en'- gagement with the wall of said opening.

' 1l. An eye set comprising a pair of hollow eyes spaced apart, a bridge rod to opposite end portions of which said eyes are connected, and the connection between Vat least one of said eyes and the bridge rod consisting or" a back member carried by said eye having a slot therethrough, a pair of lugs formed upon the back member projecting Jfrom one surface thereof spaced apart in the direction of length of the bridge rod said lugs having aligned periorations through which Y the bridge rod extends, and a it-shaped clamp member having its looped end projecting through the slot and receiving the .bridge'rod therethrough in rictional engagement therewith, the legs of the U being bent into tric- -tional engagement with the surface of the back member opposite the surface from which the lugs proj ect.

l2. [in eye set comprising a pair of eyes, each having a pair of vapertured lugs thereon spaced apart, a bridge rod extending between the eyes and through the apertures of said lugs, the lugs being bendable with respect to the remainder of the eyes to thereby facilitate adjustment of the eyes with respect to the bridge rod, and weight supporting members interengagingbetween the eyes and the bridge rod in the space between the lugs to hold the eyes against displacement from the bridge rod.

SAMUEL MARCUS. 

